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My fellow dwellers. I thought it'd be a good idea to share a few tidbits on gender, marriage, family, etc. that's not oft discussed. Feel free to add to the tread.
Let's start with this:
According to the Prophet (SAW): The child is to be attributed to one on whose bed he is born, and for an adulterer there is stoning.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
The meaning of this is, once lawfully wed it is logically taken as fact that she can only have intimate relationships with the husband. Extrapolating this, any child born in that household is de-facto the husband's child in the eyes of Islamic law.
Let's take a made up scenario as an example. Following child-birth, you come to find your child has the characteristics of blonde hair, green eyes, and freckles. You being the dhuxul Somali laandheere you become devastated: simple biology/genetics tells you that this is surely not your seed. Pretty simple case to point at the harlot and cut ties correct? Hold your camels batman!
Th above hadith takes precedent. Since she's your wife, it is taken as fact that the child can only be yours since she can only be intimate with yourself. One way out of this bind is 'Li'aan'.
What is 'Li'aan'? It can be defined as an oath of condemnation; you might be familiar with the roadman version: "I swear on my mom's life..."
Let us take the case of the Companion Hilal ibn Umayah (AS). Hilal on his way home on a particular evening, witnessed with his own eyes and ears his wife in bed with another man. He bit his tongue and turned away as not to rouse them and planned his meeting with the Prophet for the following morning.
Upon meeting the Prophet he exclaimed: "Oh messenger of Allah, I have witnessed with my own eyes and ears another man with my wife last night".
Hearing this the Prophet took dislike to it, and approached the issue very seriously. At that moment we were blessed with the revelation of the following verses:
And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves – then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful. [Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 6]
And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be of the liars. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 7)
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 8)
And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 9)
And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Accepting of Repentance and Wise. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 10)
The Prophet conveyed the above to Hilal, and instructed him to summon his wife. The verses were then also recited to the wife, and both her an Hilal followed the divine revelation.
They both bore witness in front of Allah that each spoke the truth, and before the fifth oath were both warned that the punishment in the hereafter was surely more severe than the worldly one. They wife stuck to her guns, and the Prophet legally separated the couple and the matter was ended there.
Now back to our hypothetical at the start with the blonde supposed Farax-spawn. If she's adamant the child is yours, and you both decide on 'Li'aan' to prove your case; in the event where she sticks to her guns, you may divorce each other Islamically but little Bjorn will take your second name and inheritance in the eyes of all that is good and holy. In Islam, that is your child who you are obligated to raise and treat as a biological child. Bjorn Farax Samantar Kaaliye
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Let's start with this:
According to the Prophet (SAW): The child is to be attributed to one on whose bed he is born, and for an adulterer there is stoning.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
The meaning of this is, once lawfully wed it is logically taken as fact that she can only have intimate relationships with the husband. Extrapolating this, any child born in that household is de-facto the husband's child in the eyes of Islamic law.
Let's take a made up scenario as an example. Following child-birth, you come to find your child has the characteristics of blonde hair, green eyes, and freckles. You being the dhuxul Somali laandheere you become devastated: simple biology/genetics tells you that this is surely not your seed. Pretty simple case to point at the harlot and cut ties correct? Hold your camels batman!
Th above hadith takes precedent. Since she's your wife, it is taken as fact that the child can only be yours since she can only be intimate with yourself. One way out of this bind is 'Li'aan'.
What is 'Li'aan'? It can be defined as an oath of condemnation; you might be familiar with the roadman version: "I swear on my mom's life..."
Let us take the case of the Companion Hilal ibn Umayah (AS). Hilal on his way home on a particular evening, witnessed with his own eyes and ears his wife in bed with another man. He bit his tongue and turned away as not to rouse them and planned his meeting with the Prophet for the following morning.
Upon meeting the Prophet he exclaimed: "Oh messenger of Allah, I have witnessed with my own eyes and ears another man with my wife last night".
Hearing this the Prophet took dislike to it, and approached the issue very seriously. At that moment we were blessed with the revelation of the following verses:
And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves – then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful. [Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 6]
And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be of the liars. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 7)
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 8)
And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 9)
And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Accepting of Repentance and Wise. (Surah 24 Al-Nur; Verse 10)
The Prophet conveyed the above to Hilal, and instructed him to summon his wife. The verses were then also recited to the wife, and both her an Hilal followed the divine revelation.
They both bore witness in front of Allah that each spoke the truth, and before the fifth oath were both warned that the punishment in the hereafter was surely more severe than the worldly one. They wife stuck to her guns, and the Prophet legally separated the couple and the matter was ended there.
Now back to our hypothetical at the start with the blonde supposed Farax-spawn. If she's adamant the child is yours, and you both decide on 'Li'aan' to prove your case; in the event where she sticks to her guns, you may divorce each other Islamically but little Bjorn will take your second name and inheritance in the eyes of all that is good and holy. In Islam, that is your child who you are obligated to raise and treat as a biological child. Bjorn Farax Samantar Kaaliye
.
? Jackpot! You flex your inner stomach lining in preparation for the feasts she'll prepare - we've all seen those Arab table spreads with food spilling over the edges.
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